hashing

[ hash-ing ]

/ ˈhæʃ ɪŋ /

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noun

Radio. interference of signals between two stations on the same or adjacent frequencies.

Computers. a technique for locating data in a file by applying a transformation, usually arithmetic, to a key.

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Origin of hashing

Typically there are no privacy features beyond anonymization of the data, so just the basic hashing.
Media Buying Briefing: ‘We’re engineering around the value proposition’: Kepler Group’s global reach expands as it absorbs U.K.’s Infectious Media|Michael Bürgi|August 23, 2021|Digiday
Lolly, the Great Pyrenees, was a lovable lug who finally got a chance after some hashing out with a hesitant adopter in the parking lot of a Starbucks.
For some dogs (and humans), the pandemic adoption rush was mostly a waiting game|Hau Chu|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
The Latino Victory Project has a number of these activities planned for late October but is still hashing out the details.
This Is How Eva Longoria Is Trying to Win the Midterms|Asawin Suebsaeng|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I hesitate to respond to the re-hashing of your antiquated guilt trip on women to get married.
Dear Princeton Mom, Stop Telling Me To Husband-Hunt|Emily Shire|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Will re-hashing these 2008 attacks squash Power's nomination?
How the Pro-Israel Right Will Attack Samantha Power: Like They Did in 2008|Ali Gharib|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hashing all this out is hours of fun for the entire pundit family.
Should the President Mint a $1,000,000,000,000 Platinum Coin?|Megan McArdle|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Here there is a troop of cooks, their garments girded like soldiers for the battle, hashing and steaming.
The Makers of Modern Rome|Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
But you can see how my telling her would—oh well there isn't much percentage in hashing it over.
Young People's Pride|Stephen Vincent Benet
"Verehas we hare honly servants of the ke veen;" suggested No. 2, hashing his mistress's English.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long|Charles Reade
It's very easy for you to say hash it; but I know what a joint loses in hashing: it's a day's dinner the less, if it's a bit.
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures|Anonymous
Besides this, there was nothing new; merely a hashing up of the two great trials at Aix and Loudun.
La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages|Jules Michelet